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President Donald Trump holds an impromptu press conference aboard AF1 as he returns to the White House from Mar-a-Lago.
President Trump previews a sanction regime he intends to place on the country of Columbia tomorrow. Trump also discusses the Virginia AG race, the government shutdown and the California funding issues. WATCH:
A fascinating hour-long interview with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner as they outline the backstory to the Israel-Hamas peace agreement in Gaza.
During a segment (prompted below) Witkoff and Kushner are outlining the step-by-step process as they engaged the leaders of Qatar, Turkey and Egypt. Witkoff reveals how the CIA was briefing them both, multiple times a day, and the briefing itself was exactly the opposite of what Emir of Qatar and Presidents of Turkey and Egypt were telling them. The CIA intelligence was the exact opposite of reality. WATCH:
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What they are describing is EXACTLY why we outlined how ‘outside govt’ emissaries were/are vitally necessary to work around the control agenda of the U.S. Intelligence Community. This small example is stunning in magnitude when considered around the importance of the moment.
On a positive note, with Witkoff making this stunning public statement, we can now add a major datapoint to President Trump’s reference of NOT TRUSTING the CIA. Combined with the previous assertions of Marco Rubio and Tulsi Gabbard on essentially the same level of outlook, this example of the CIA getting it wrong (misleading the administration) has long-range ramifications beyond the Hamas example.
With this backdrop for reference, surely now we can have an optimistic sense that President Trump doesn’t trust the CIA intelligence on the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Underpinning the contracting EU economy are two major forces. First, the instability of their financial markets, thanks in majority to their catastrophic Build Back Better energy agenda. Secondly, China exploiting the economic vulnerability and dumping massive amounts of cheap goods onto their consumer market. Both forces are working against the EU economy.
To backstop the collapse, the EU is counting on expanded militaristic spending to get them out of their dead-end path. Again, in majority, the economics of the thing is why they want expanded war with Russia – regardless of the detrimental outcome. Without war they have to give up their Build Back Better green energy program.
In this interview, EU Central Bank President Christine Lagarde obfuscates both issues and points a finger at President Trump’s geopolitical economic and trade reset. The only thing she accurately presents is the scale of the issue, the “trillions at stake” part. WATCH (Transcript Below):
[Transcript] – MARGARET BRENNAN: We’re joined now by the President of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde. The ECB sets interest rates for many countries in the European Union, which is America’s largest trading partner. Good to have you here.
CHRISTINE LAGARDE: Lovely to be back, Margaret.
MARGARET BRENNAN: From where you sit, how would you describe the state of the global economy?
CHRISTINE LAGARDE: In transformation.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Transformation.
CHRISTINE LAGARDE: Transformation, I think caused by a couple of things. One is the tariffs, which have changed the map of trade around the world and reconstituted new alliances and reformed the way in which we trade with each other. I think the second major transformation is the impact of artificial intelligence on everything we do from data management to dating and everything in between.
You might say the headline seems hyperbolic; however, you probably have not watched the interview. You only need to watch the first few minutes to see a comprehensively diminished Volodymyr Zelenskyy engaged in a conversation with Kirsten Welker who plays the role of comfort aid.
The way Welker patronizes Zelenskyy with her tone is almost embarrassing. WATCH:
In Canada they call the USMCA trade agreement “CUSMA” putting Canada first. President Trump calls it the USMCA because that’s the order of sequence when the trade negotiations took place, the USA then came Mexico and much later, Canada. However, Trudeau used his typical Alinsky gaslighting to pretend Canada was always participating; they were not, they came in at the end.
That said, the former NAFTA trade negotiator for Canada, John Weekes, has finally realized President Trump does not intend to renew or renegotiate the USMCA, he intends to dissolve it in favor of two bilateral free trade agreements; one with Mexico and one with Canada.
I’m not sure what finally, and I do mean FINALLY, triggered a Canadian to realize this, but perhaps they finally listened to President Trump telling Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney [IN MAY] he intends to end it. DUH! WATCH:
The reality of the U.S-Canada economic relationship and the position of President Donald Trump is not that difficult to understand if you take all the disparate datapoints and quotes from Trump and put them into context.
During a White House meeting with Mark Carney, President Trump essentially told the Canadian Prime Minister why he was in no hurry to get to a deal with Canada. The 35% tariffs on non-USMCA goods triggered August 1st because the main priority of Trump -looking toward Canada- is to dissolve the USMCA.
Obviously, readers here are well aware of our research files on former DOJ-NSD head, Mary McCord, and her various tentacles of operations against Donald Trump before and after the 2016 election.
To enhance this ongoing effort, Twitter user “pepesgrandma” shares an email exchange from Mary McCord to the FBI in December of 2020 following the election.
Apparently, Mary McCord was conducting surveillance of an Oathkeeper chat room and sending information to the FBI following the November 2020 election, and in the runup to the January 6, 2021 protest.
This is interesting on a variety of levels, because we have documented Mary McCord working on the Trump-Russia fabrication [FISA warrant], the CIA [Ukraine] impeachment fabrication [as key staff], the January 6th Committee fabrication [again staff], and the Jack Smith fabrication. Now we see Mary McCord actively setting up the “insurrection narrative” ahead of the J6 protests.
It appears Mrs. McCord then forwarded the email to someone [REDACTED], likely within the J6 Committee or Jack Smith investigation on Sept 24, 2021.
Palm Beach International Airport is used by Air Force One when President Trump travels home to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. According to FBI Director Kash Patel, a hunting stand was discovered in the woods near the airport with a direct line of sight to where President Trump disembarks.
Many well-known leftists and Democrats have been ramping up the political rhetoric in support of violence. The possibility of the stand being located in the area for another assassination attempt cannot be dismissed. Thankfully the Secret Service discovered this issue during a proactive proximity sweep of the area.
VIA FOX NEWS – The U.S. Secret Service uncovered a suspicious hunting stand with a direct line of sight to where President Donald Trump exits Air Force One at the Palm Beach International Airport, officials told Fox News Digital.
Agents found the stand on Thursday, and the FBI is now leading an investigation into the discovery. FBI Director Kash Patel said the hunting stand has not yet been connected to any individual.